why-im-fortunate-2 &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/why-im-fortunate-2/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "why-im-fortunate-2" Sun, 19 May 2013 22:32:35 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[Why I'm Fortunate: #3 Mothers ]]> http://fortunatefrustrations.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/why-im-fortunate-3-mothers/ Sun, 13 May 2012 21:34:25 +0000 Harmony Jane http://fortunatefrustrations.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/why-im-fortunate-3-mothers/ Today I am fortunate to have the mother I do and to be the mother I am. Motherhood is like nothing you could ever plan, expect or hope for. It’s pure joy; the best and cheapest high; and once yours, yours forever. Being a mother has opened an entirely new channel of personal growth and development – a brand spanking new piece of me that somehow makes all the sketchy, shoddy, less attractive bits seem better (think Febreze in the room with the kitty litter box).  No one can truly explain or prepare you for how overwhelming becoming a mother is – all the good, the bad and the ugly (re: why I now by wine by the case). My own mother came close though, and thinking back on the story of her journey, I’m glad I listened – I can only hope that my efforts and success will equal hers.

Baby, your Gran gave me the world – now it’s yours.

]]> <![CDATA[Why I'm Fortunate: #1 Vacation Days]]> http://fortunatefrustrations.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/why-im-fortunate-1-vacation-days/ Fri, 11 May 2012 16:11:01 +0000 Harmony Jane http://fortunatefrustrations.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/why-im-fortunate-1-vacation-days/ My husband has taken a vacation day and I’m so excited I could have kittens. A Friday vacation day is a brilliant sort of thing – it’s like a snow day without having to shovel and a sick day without the projectile vomiting. It’s a bonus long weekend AND you get paid! Anything is possible (excepting unicorn parades which of course never happen on a Friday).

“They want a parade today.”
“Not possible – it’s Friday.”

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